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Anita Say Chan is the author of “Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future.” Here, she speaks about her book and the very important connection between eugenics and the current Big Tech data regimes that we all live under.  Topics include: Uncle is on vacation, Ochelli Radio Network, Skype going away, 666-HELL, Singularity Summit 2009, eugenics, transhumanism, Bookshop(dot)org, University of Illinois, history of information sciences, data economy, predictive methods, social media, STEM, Silicon Valley, archives, critical humanities, Francis Galton, colonization, against diversity, demise of the West, paranoia, racial demise, datafication of populations, natural hierarchy, numbers, disinformation, non-Nordic classes, immigration laws, criminality, policy lobbying, misuse of science, sterilization laws, patrician classes, California eugenic policies, Stanford, Elon Musk, funding far right political movements, global order, attack on democracy, racial hierarchy, US as model for Nazi Germany eugenics, techno eugenics, false empiricism, divest from public institutions, Thiel, Andreesen, radical elitism, MAGA, promoting procreation of the well born, super genius, biological predetermination, Silicon Valley, Modi, Hindu Nationalism, Facebook in India, social media posts leading to real world violence, mob violence, attacks on minority populations, regulation on AI, public safety, psychopathic cost benefit analysis, taking power back

The Age of Transitions 2-28-2025AoT #452Anita Say Chan is the author of “Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future.” Here, she speaks about her book and the very important connection between eugenics and the current Big Tech data regimes that we all live under. Topics include: Uncle is on vacation, Ochelli Radio Network, Skype going away, 666-HELL, Singularity Summit 2009, eugenics, transhumanism, Bookshop(dot)org, University of Illinois, history of information sciences, data economy, predictive methods, social media, STEM, Silicon Valley, archives, critical humanities, Francis Galton, colonization, against diversity, demise of the West, paranoia, racial demise, datafication of populations, natural hierarchy, numbers, disinformation, non-Nordic classes, immigration laws, criminality, policy lobbying, misuse of science, sterilization laws, patrician classes, California eugenic policies, Stanford, Elon Musk, funding far right political movements, global order, attack on democracy, racial hierarchy, US as model for Nazi Germany eugenics, techno eugenics, false empiricism, divest from public institutions, Thiel, Andreesen, radical elitism, MAGA, promoting procreation of the well born, super genius, biological predetermination, Silicon Valley, Modi, Hindu Nationalism, Facebook in India, social media posts leading to real world violence, mob violence, attacks on minority populations, regulation on AI, public safety, psychopathic cost benefit analysis, taking power backFRANZ MAIN HUB:https://theageoftransitions.com/PATREONhttps://www.patreon.com/aaronfranzUNCLEhttps://unclethepodcast.com/ORhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/uncle-the-podcast/FRANZ and UNCLE Merchhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/support-the-podcasts/KEEP OCHELLI GOING. You are the EFFECT if you support OCHELLI https://ochelli.com/donate/

The new political propaganda machine did not just appear overnight. It's been a long road built in a relatively short period of time, and we are speeding down it now. If you just merged onto this freeway be warned, nothing is as advertised on the billboards. Topics include: no Uncle show this week, 2009 Singularity Summit, Peter Thiel, Ray Kurzweil, NYC, MIRI, Google, Macroeconomics and Singularity, Libertarian politics, government contracts, intelligence, Palantir, PayPal Mafia, billionaires, limited government, consolidation of fringe and mainstream, alternative media, ideological shifts, political technology, social media, big data, surveillance, Big Tech, crazy wins elections, data as a commodity, analytics, Information Age, political campaigns as potential data purchasers, world of contradictions, technocracy, Trump and Musk, crypto, claims to be disclosing hidden secrets, chainsaw at CPAC, transhumanism, zero charisma spokesmen, Joe Rogan, podcasts, comedy, fake underground, Gravitron ride, online media is the new establishment, cult of personality, X, AI, Culture Wars as a distraction, executive orders made to placate the electorate, propaganda, Thiel Fellowship, powers that be now on public display, talking points, acting like automatons, Russian disinformation, confluence of interests, Hulk Hogan, Idiocracy, dumbing down of America, Ochelli Radio Network, performance art, stand up comedy, branding, There is an Us and Them however you've gotten the identities of both wrong

The Age of Transitions 2-21-2025AoT# 451It's a long road built in a relatively short period of time, and we are speeding down it now. If you just merged onto this freeway be warned, nothing is as advertised on the billboards. Topics include: no Uncle show this week, 2009 Singularity Summit, Peter Thiel, Ray Kurzweil, NYC, MIRI, Google, Macroeconomics and Singularity, Libertarian politics, government contracts, intelligence, Palantir, PayPal Mafia, billionaires, limited government, consolidation of fringe and mainstream, alternative media, ideological shifts, political technology, social media, big data, surveillance, Big Tech, crazy wins elections, data as a commodity, analytics, Information Age, political campaigns as potential data purchasers, world of contradictions, technocracy, Trump and Musk, crypto, claims to be disclosing hidden secrets, chainsaw at CPAC, transhumanism, zero charisma spokesmen, Joe Rogan, podcasts, comedy, fake underground, Gravitron ride, online media is the new establishment, cult of personality, X, AI, Culture Wars as a distraction, executive orders made to placate the electorate, propaganda, Thiel Fellowship, powers that be now on public display, talking points, acting like automatons, Russian disinformation, confluence of interests, Hulk Hogan, Idiocracy, dumbing down of America, Ochelli Radio Network, performance art, stand up comedy, branding, There is an Us and Them however you've gotten the identities of both wrongFRANZ MAIN HUB:https://theageoftransitions.com/PATREONhttps://www.patreon.com/aaronfranzUNCLEhttps://unclethepodcast.com/ORhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/uncle-the-podcast/FRANZ and UNCLE Merchhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/support-the-podcasts/KEEP OCHELLI GOING. You are the EFFECT if you support OCHELLI https://ochelli.com/donate/The Age of Transitions 2-21-2025

We are in the thick of The Age of Transitions now. It's a time of technocracy, and control by Big Tech oligarchs who have bought and paid for the government. Not even the former beneficiaries of the MIC are safe from their data driven rule by force.  Topics include: Chuck not well, Ochelli Radio Network, new Rumble channel, Patreon content, Singularity Summit interviews, new Themes & Memes episode, peers, tech oligarchs, shadow banning, share the show, AI powered guest referral systems, transcripts, artificial intelligence, MIC shifting from aerospace to Big Tech contractors, Space X, Palantir, Anduril, Open AI, consortium, retooling DoD, CDAO, JAIC, DDS, JADC2, Trump presidential campaign, tech billionaires, technocracy, cybersecurity, cyber 9/11, War on Terror, national security, social media, global propaganda matrix, exploitation of anti-establishment ideas, rise of online media, analytics, data surveillance, weaponization of culture war, Ramaswamy and Musk, acquisition of foreign talent in tech, MAGA base racist, Andreesen, Thiel, deportation agenda, new Cold War, China as antagonist, drag time story hour, divide and conquer, Trump himself not in charge, watch for narrative changes, TikTok divestment, Trump meeting with Bytedance CEO, Bezos, media now bowing to new administration, no one cares about truth, DOGE tool to remove regulation, civil liberties, privacy, Project 2025, prison industrial complex cashing in on deportation, police state, martial law, PNAC, Neocons, War on Terror continued, Mangione, billionaire podcast guests

A quick update to let you know about some live-streams and Patreon content you may have missed.  topics include: Themes & Memes, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, Singularity Summit 2009 video tapes Patreon shows, transhumanism, listener suggestions, making media fun

Onions are known to cause tears, but this time they ain't the tears of liberal snowflakes. No way, these are the tears of everyone's favorite rightwing beefcake.  Topics include: Patreon content, Singularity Summit 2009, NYC, James Hughes, 2B movie premiere, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, video, changing media landscape, legacy media vs new media, Onion auction purchase of Infowars, Alex Jones, satire of alt media overdue, shills, Paul brothers, making money from media production, advertisers, home shopping channels, viewer demographics, content creator as career, online media high production value, Global Propaganda Matrix, fabs, microprocessors, TSMC, Intel, world war, CHIPS Act, technology, New Albany OH, Columbus, Les Wexner, Mike Jeffries, get rich quick, billionaires, made in America, gods, Antichrist

The Age of Transitions and Uncle 11-15-2024AOT #441Onions are known to cause tears, but this time they ain't the tears of liberal snowflakes. No way, these are the tears of everyone's favorite rightwing beefcake.Topics include: Patreon content, Singularity Summit 2009, NYC, James Hughes, 2B movie premiere, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, video, changing media landscape, legacy media vs new media, Onion auction purchase of Infowars, Alex Jones, satire of alt media overdue, shills, Paul brothers, making money from media production, advertisers, home shopping channels, viewer demographics, content creator as career, online media high production value, Global Propaganda Matrix, fabs, microprocessors, TSMC, Intel, world war, CHIPS Act, technology, New Albany OH, Columbus, Les Wexner, Mike Jeffries, get rich quick, billionaires, made in America, gods, AntichristUTP #351The new Mike Tyson fight has everyone feeling nostalgic.Topics include: Mike Tyson boxing special, Uncle's fish farm boxing ring, George Foreman, age, Jake Paul, Buster Douglas, Evander Holyfield ear bite, Usyk, Mike Tyson's Punch Out NES game, gaming stream, Ring King game, fires, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, Polybius arcade game, The Last Starfighter and War Games movies, military recruiting gaming centers, Dallas Lancer conference, Uncle's vacation, cult without a leader, spaghetti adFRANZ MAIN HUB:https://theageoftransitions.com/PATREONhttps://www.patreon.com/aaronfranzUNCLEhttps://unclethepodcast.com/ORhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/uncle-the-podcast/FRANZ and UNCLE Merchhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/support-the-podcasts/KEEP OCHELLI GOING. You are the EFFECT if you support OCHELLI https://ochelli.com/donate/Dallas Marriott Downtown Virtual Tickets starting at 74.99In-Person Tickets start at 144.99Student Price is 39.99, must show proof of being a studentTickets on sale atassassinationconference.comUse codeOchelli10for 10% off your ticketDallas Marriott DowntownRoom prices starting at $169 per nightTo book a room call Marriott Reservations at1 (800) 228-9290 or (214) 979-9000and mention the November in Dallas Conference Group RateIf you would like assistance finding discount flights to the conference or activities for your spouse to do in Dallas reach out to Gabbie's Getaway Adventures through Facebook or emailgabbiesgetawayadventure@gmail.com

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  For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid. Check them out at orchidhealth.com. On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks about AI, the singularity and the post-human future, with James D. Miller, a Smith College economist, host of the podcast Future Strategist and the author of Singularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving in a Smarter, Richer, and More Dangerous World. Miller and Razib first met at 2008's “Singularity Summit” in San Jose, and though Singularity Rising was published in 2012, some of the ideas were already presented in earlier talks, including at that conference. More than 15 years since Miller began formulating his ideas, Razib asks him how the theses and predictions in his book have held up, and how they compared to Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity is Coming. On this last point, Miller is very bullish on Kurzweil's prediction that artificial intelligence will surpass that of humans by 2030. He also believes that the “intelligence explosion,” Kurzweil's “technological singularity” when AI transforms the earth in unimaginable ways through exponential rates of change will in fact come to pass. But while Kurzweil predicts that the singularity will usher in an era of immortality for our species, Miller has a more measured take. He believes AI will drive massive gains in economic productivity, from cultural creativity to new drug development regimes (one of the original rationales behind IBM's AI program). But while Kurzweil anticipates exaltation of conscious human life into an almost divine state, Miller suspects that AI may eventually lead to our demise. He estimates a 10% probability that Kurzweil is correct that we will become immortal, and a 90% probability that AI will simply shove us aside on this planet as it begins to consume all available resources. Overall, Miller is satisfied with the predictions in the first third of Singularity Rising. Computational technology has become far more powerful than it was in the late aughts, with a supercomputer in everyone's pocket. Though the advances in AI seem to exhibit discontinuities, in particular with the recent seminal inventions of transformers and large language models coming to the fore, the smoothed curve aligns with Kurzweil's 2030 target for human-level intelligence. On the other hand, where Miller has been disappointed is the merely modest advances in biological human engineering, with far fewer leaps forward than he had anticipated. Razib and Miller discuss whether this is due to limitations in the science, or issues of governance and ethics. Miller closes making the case for a program of cloning the great 20th-century genius John von Nuemann and the statesman Lee Kuan Yew. While the computational innovation driving AI seems to have advanced on schedule, and the biological revolution has not taken off, the last section of Miller's book focused on the economic impacts of the impending singularity. He still believes the next 10-20 years will be incredible, as our economy and way of life are both transformed for the good. Until that is, humans become obsolete in the face of the nearly god-like forms of AI that will emerge around 2050. Until then, Miller anticipates the next generation will see rapid changes as people make career shifts every half a decade or so as jobs become redundant or automated. If Singularity Rising proves correct, the next generation will be defined by what the economist Joseph Schumpeter termed “creative destruction.” If Miller is correct, it may be the last human generation.

Particle Ion was Aaron's collaborator on the TransAlchemy blog/website. It has been over a decade since then, but some of the topics discussed on TA are only just now becoming big news stories.  Topics include: TransAlchemy, making videos, Singularity Summit 2009, Ai art, Midjourney, intellectual property, ChatGPT, LLMs, writer's strike, actors, deep fakes, Ai generated movies, music, impossible to trust imagery now, internet, metaverse, VR headsets, virtual reality, transhumanism, social media, Twitter, Elon Musk, AGI vs narrow Ai, machine learning, intelligence, consciousness, scientific method, software, AI writing code, hacking, intangibles, occult side of tech, existential threat

Singularity Games AI Double DragonThe Age of Transitions and Uncle 5-7-2023 Particle IonAOT #386Particle Ion was Aaron's collaborator on the TransAlchemy blog/website. It has been over a decade since then, but some of the topics discussed on TA are only just now becoming big news stories. Topics include: TransAlchemy, making videos, Singularity Summit 2009, Ai art, Midjourney, intellectual property, ChatGPT, LLMs, writer's strike, actors, deep fakes, Ai generated movies, music, impossible to trust imagery now, internet, metaverse, VR headsets, virtual reality, transhumanism, social media, Twitter, Elon Musk, AGI vs narrow Ai, machine learning, intelligence, consciousness, scientific method, software, AI writing code, hacking, intangibles, occult side of tech, existential threatUTP #297If you didn't catch Uncle's video game live-stream, then be sure to go back and watch the video. There will be more episodes coming up in the future. Stay tuned to Uncle's video streams on the weekends. Topics include: Vintage Gaming With Uncle, video games, Double Dragon, live-stream video shows, Aaron's wife as guest cohost, LAX live video, nothing, calls, movies, Winona Ryder, Stranger Things, Carson City, John Wayne, fighting games, Tekken, CGI, NBA JamChuck Ochelli, The Ochelli Effect Ochelli Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/chuckochelliYOUR HELP TO KEEP US GOING IS CRITICAL: https://ochelli.com/donate/Rokfin https://rokfin.com/ChuckOchelliBitchute Channel: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/oxL96KiJtQLP/Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ochelliSign-up on Ochelli.comhttps://ochelli.com/membership-account/membership-levels/LIVE LISTENING OPTIONS:OCHELLI.COM https://ochelli.com/listen-live/ RADDIO https://raddio.net/324242-ochellicom/ ZENO https://zeno.fm/radio/ochelli-radio/ TUNEIN http://tun.in/sfxkx

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Eliezer Yudkowsky, published by Eliezer Yudkowsky on the LessWrong. At the Singularity Summit 2007, one of the speakers called for democratic, multinational development of artificial intelligence. So I stepped up to the microphone and asked: Suppose that a group of democratic republics form a consortium to develop AI, and there's a lot of politicking during the process—some interest groups have unusually large influence, others get shafted—in other words, the result looks just like the products of modern democracies. Alternatively, suppose a group of rebel nerds develops an AI in their basement, and instructs the AI to poll everyone in the world—dropping cellphones to anyone who doesn't have them—and do whatever the majority says. Which of these do you think is more “democratic,” and would you feel safe with either? I wanted to find out whether he believed in the pragmatic adequacy of the democratic political process, or if he believed in the moral rightness of voting. But the speaker replied: The first scenario sounds like an editorial in Reason magazine, and the second sounds like a Hollywood movie plot. Confused, I asked: Then what kind of democratic process did you have in mind? The speaker replied: Something like the Human Genome Project—that was an internationally sponsored research project. I asked: How would different interest groups resolve their conflicts in a structure like the Human Genome Project? And the speaker said: I don't know. This exchange puts me in mind of a quote from some dictator or other, who was asked if he had any intentions to move his pet state toward democracy: We believe we are already within a democratic system. Some factors are still missing, like the expression of the people's will. The substance of a democracy is the specific mechanism that resolves policy conflicts. If all groups had the same preferred policies, there would be no need for democracy—we would automatically cooperate. The resolution process can be a direct majority vote, or an elected legislature, or even a voter-sensitive behavior of an artificial intelligence, but it has to be something. What does it mean to call for a “democratic” solution if you don't have a conflict-resolution mechanism in mind? I think it means that you have said the word “democracy,” so the audience is supposed to cheer. It's not so much a propositional statement or belief, as the equivalent of the “Applause” light that tells a studio audience when to clap. This case is remarkable only in that I mistook the applause light for a policy suggestion, with subsequent embarrassment for all. Most applause lights are much more blatant, and can be detected by a simple reversal test. For example, suppose someone says: We need to balance the risks and opportunities of AI. If you reverse this statement, you get: We shouldn't balance the risks and opportunities of AI. Since the reversal sounds abnormal, the unreversed statement is probably normal, implying it does not convey new information. There are plenty of legitimate reasons for uttering a sentence that would be uninformative in isolation. “We need to balance the risks and opportunities of AI” can introduce a discussion topic; it can emphasize the importance of a specific proposal for balancing; it can criticize an unbalanced proposal. Linking to a normal assertion can convey new information to a bounded rationalist—the link itself may not be obvious. But if no specifics follow, the sentence is probably an applause light. I am tempted to give a talk sometime that consists of nothing but applause lights, and see how long it takes for the audience to start laughing: I am here to propose to you today that we need to balance the risks and opportunities of advanced artificial intelligence. We should avoid the risks and, insofar as it is possible, realize t...

The Singularity Summit 2011 was a TED-style two-day event at the historic 92nd Street Y in New York City. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

El 26 y 27 de Marzo se llevará a cabo en Bogotá el Singularity Summit Colombia, uno de los eventos de tecnología más importantes de la región y del año. En este capítulo especial de DGTal hablamos con Claudia Aparicio, Country Manager de Singularity University en Colombia, acerca de qué es Singularity University, qué es el Global Impact Challenge, por qué asistir al Summit y qué esperar de las sesiones que se darán durante el evento. Están invitados a escuchar un capítulo lleno de cosas del futuro pero que ya están aquí.

Hannes Sjöblad currently works as Chief Disruption Officer at Epicenter and as faculty at Singularity University Nordic. Ha has appeared at the Singularity Summit, TEDxBerlin, Sime, the Biohacker Summit, Gather and more. In this episode he talks about technology's impact on society and man; how we need to understand it in order to know when it is being used against us and to handle it wisely so that it doesn't add more stress. But above all - everything that is great about it and the amazing opportunities that lies ahead. Mer info: Mindburst.se (https://my.captivate.fm/Mindburst.se) Producerat av The Poetic Podcast Company (https://www.poetic.se/) . Host: Walter Naeslund (https://www.walternaeslund.com/)  

Stephan Balzer ist der Organisator des Singularity Summits, hat die TEDx Konferenzen in Deutschland aufgebaut und ist einer der spannendsten Köpfe zum Thema AI, Big Data Robotics und Transformation in Deutschland. Vor 2 Jahren war das Singularity Summit für mich eine mindchanging Erfahrung. Die Singularity University wurde in Kalifornien als Think Tank von Ray Kurzweil und Peter Diamandis gegründet und ist keine echte Uni sondern ein privat geführtes Weiterbildungsinstitut. Wer die Gedanken von Ray Kurzweil kennt, weiß, dass manche Ideen - gerade für uns Europäer - doch sehr crazy erscheinen. Aber: Vieles ist auch unglaublich bold und weit gedacht. Mich pushen diese Ideen jedes mal gewaltig. Wichtigstes Learning in dieser Episode war für mich mal wieder, dass der technische Aspekt bei allen exponentiellen Technolgien der einfachste ist. Die wirkliche Herausforderung ist Bildung. Und zwar für alle und nicht nur die chosen few. Ohne eine wirkliche Bildungsrevolution mache ich mir Sorgen, dass wir Europäer so langsam aber sicher in die Steinzeit zurück katapultieren.

Stephan Balzer ist der Organisator des Singularity Summits, hat die TEDx Konferenzen in Deutschland aufgebaut und ist einer der spannendsten Köpfe zum Thema AI, Big Data Robotics und Transformation in Deutschland. Vor 2 Jahren war das Singularity Summit für mich eine mindchanging Erfahrung. Die Singularity University wurde in Kalifornien als Think Tank von Ray Kurzweil und Peter Diamandis gegründet und ist keine echte Uni sondern ein privat geführtes Weiterbildungsinstitut. Wer die Gedanken von Ray Kurzweil kennt, weiß, dass manche Ideen - gerade für uns Europäer - doch sehr crazy erscheinen. Aber: Vieles ist auch unglaublich bold und weit gedacht. Mich pushen diese Ideen jedes mal gewaltig. Wichtigstes Learning in dieser Episode war für mich mal wieder, dass der technische Aspekt bei allen exponentiellen Technolgien der einfachste ist. Die wirkliche Herausforderung ist Bildung. Und zwar für alle und nicht nur die chosen few. Ohne eine wirkliche Bildungsrevolution mache ich mir Sorgen, dass wir Europäer so langsam aber sicher in die Steinzeit zurück katapultieren.

Topics: Life-extension related research from Stanford University; Microsoft's new HoloLens eyeglass computer which is an improvement on Google Glass in that it's a full headup display instead of just a little image in the corner of your field of vision; and the differences between normal cells and cancer cells. I also talk about the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, and the TV shows Agents of Shield and How the States got their shape. Life-extension oriented past episodes of The Future And You which are mentioned in this episode include the July 18, 2012 episode which contains a full explanation of the final results of my "TA-65 Evaluation Project," in which my mother and I took TA-65 for six months. For those who want to know more about TA-65, I've interviewed the president of the company that developed and sells it, Noel Patton.  He is in three episodes. The first was when I was introduced to him at the Singularity Summit in NYC. That's in the Nov. 4, 2009 episode. A couple of years later I interviewed him by Skype. That interview was much longer and provided a more thorough treatment of the process. I split it into two episodes: April 20 and 27 of 2011. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the February 4, 2015 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 39 minutes] This monologue was recorded on February 1, 2015 using the free Voice Recorder app on a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 smartphone. Stephen Euin Cobb has interviewed over 350 people for his work as an author, futurist, magazine writer and award-winning podcaster. A contributing editor for Space and Time Magazine; he has also been a regular contributor for Robot, H+, Grim Couture and Port Iris magazines; and he spent three years as a columnist and contributing editor for Jim Baen's Universe Magazine. For the last nine years he has produced a weekly podcast, The Future And You, which explores (through interviews, panel discussions and commentary) all the ways the future will be different from today. He is an artist, essayist, game designer, transhumanist, and is on the Advisory Board of The Lifeboat Foundation. Stephen is the author an ebook about the future entitled: Indistinguishable from Magic: Predictions of Revolutionary Future Science.

Dr. James McLurkin works with swarm robots at Rice University, and his unique work on robot communication has landed him on PBS's “Nova,” in addition to speaking engagements at events like TED and Singularity Summit. In this episode, Dr. McLurkin discusses how swarm robots have been inspired by insect behavior - and exactly swamp robots are best suited for. In many cases, argues McLurkin, a group of smaller, inexpensive robots can perform a job much better than a single, more capable robot. Dr. James also sheds light on when and how swarm robots might become a part of everyday life and industry in the coming decades.

Dr. Robin Hanson is a recognized thought leader in the ramifications of emerging technology on economics and society. Being a featured speaker at the Singularity Summit, a research advisor for the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, and a prolific writer on the topic of existential risk and emerging technology. In this interview, we cover the trouble of honestly looking at future topics, and how current "future" issues are often just sensationalized versions or present concerns. Dr. Hanson says "Few people are ACTUALLY focused on the ACTUAL future." How can we improve, innovate, and collaborate despite this? Listen in. For additional insights from this interview, visit: http://sentientpotential.com/dr-robin-hanson-on-the-difficulty-of-making-progress-towards-beneficial-future/

Justin and Jason talk about how Jason's mail was stolen, some of the limitations with Phone Gap, the engineering salaries of Silicon Valley startups, the ridiculous cost of housing, Jason's idea for gamifying personal finance, incentivizing kids with cash, how NASA's Advanced Propulsion Physics Lab is working on the possibility of a warp drive, the new matter created by the Large Hadron Collider, how an advanced alien race (if they exist) might not be all that interested in communicating with us, Jason's Freakonomics and Singularity Summit binge, the future of 3D printing, the meaning of life without money, Micho Kaku's vision of the world in 2030 and what he envisioned a phone would do and look like, why Jason still hasn't purchased a backup system, how Brendan Dunn is making five figures a month off a bootstrapped product, whether or not to do interviews, a new approach to recruiting AnyFu experts, how to explain functions to kids and the possibility of using a combination of both a challenge system and personal projects in Catalyst, Jason's idea of how to explain advanced mathematical algorithms without using mathematical notation, Jason's bizarre knee problem and finally how a provision in the House-passed NDAA bill would overturn the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 prohibiting the U.S. government from using propaganda against it's own citizens.

Stephen Euin Cobb is today's featured speaker. Topics: Erotic novels are getting a sales boost from ebooks such as the Kindle and the Nook; Google's anticipated eyeglass computers; many (and possibly most) human beings are chimeras; the next big boom-time for programmers who write apps; how science fiction's vision of the future changes based on the decade in which it is written; sequencing each patient's personal exome; and the steadily falling price of sequencing a patient's personal genome. I also mention interviewing Ari Kiirikki (then Vice President of Knome Inc. The world's leading provider of personal DNA sequencing) several years ago at the Singularity Summit in New York City. Mini Speculative Essay: The news article I read into this episode about Human Chimeras specifies that expectant mothers get a dose of stem cells from their fetus, and that these stem cells travel through the mother's body and become a permanent part of her various tissues, including the brain. It just struck me that this may be part of why women have a statistically longer lifespan than men, who of course never get this or any bonus dose of fresh cells during their adulthood. The obvious test of this as a correlation would be to compare the longevity of a population of women who had no pregnancies, verses those who had many pregnancies. It should also be mentioned that births in this case may not be relevant. Pregnancy alone, even if only temporary, may be sufficient to dose a woman with fresh stem cells. It should also be mentioned that, the amount of stem cells received by the mother may be trivial to her longevity, that this amount my vary widely from mother to mother, or even from pregnancy to pregnancy for the same mother. There are many possible interesting variables to explore. Some of them may be meaningful. Maybe. This is just a speculative idea. Right now I have no strong opinion on it either way. An opinion would be impossible without data. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the May 23, 2012 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 42 minutes] Stephen Euin Cobb is an author, futurist, magazine writer and host of the award-winning podcast The Future And You. A contributing editor for Space and Time Magazine; he is also a regular contributor for Robot, H+, Grim Couture andPort Iris magazines; and he spent three years as a columnist and contributing editor for Jim Baen's Universe Magazine. He is an artist, essayist, game designer, transhumanist, and is on the Advisory Board of The Lifeboat Foundation. His novels include Bones Burnt Black, Plague at Redhook and Skinbrain.

This Monday I interviewed Dr. David Ferrucci on Singularity 1 on 1. David is the IBM team leader behind Watson – the computer that succeeded in dethroning humanity’s greatest ever jeopardy champion – Ken Jennings. I met both Dr. Ferrucci and Ken Jennings during last year’s Singularity Summit where both of them spoke about Watson […]

Yesterday I was very fortunate to get a rare English language interview from Dmitry Itskov – the elusive Russian entrepreneur spearheading project Avatar and Global Future 2045. The first time I saw Itskov was at the recent Singularity Summit where he revealed his uniquely ambitious project. I don’t know Dmitry well but he may just turn […]

I couple of days ago I interviewed Michael Shermer for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Dr. Shermer at the recent Singularity Summit in New York where he was one of the most entertaining, engaging and optimistic speakers. Since he calls himself a skeptic and not a singularitarian, I thought he would bring not only […]

John Ringo, Tedd Roberts (AKA: Speaker to Lab Animals) Chris & Janet Morris, Jason Cordova and Mike Williamson are our featured guests. Topic: The Technological Future of War. John Ringo is a New York Times best selling novelist with over two million books in print. Tedd Roberts (AKA: Speaker to Lab Animals) is an associate professor at an unspecified "major southeastern medical school." Janet Morris is President and CEO of M2 Technologies, Inc. (a corporation specializing in non-lethal weapons, novel technology applications, tactics and technology). Chris Morris is Vice-President and Board Chairman of M2 technologies. Jason Cordova is an author. And Mike Williamson is an author and editor. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb (author of Skinbrain) this is the September 7, 2011 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 32 minutes]. This is the second half of a discussion panel recorded before a live audience on July 16, 2011 in Chattanooga TN at the SF&F convention LibertyCon. The first half is available in the previous week's episode. Special thanks go to Derek Spraker (who recorded this panel) and to the volunteers of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company (who provided microphones, a sound board and a sound technician). News Items: [1] This year's Singularity Summit will be held next month on the weekend of October 15-16, 2011 at the 92nd Street Y, in New York, NY. (Having covered it for his show in 2009, your host recommends it as an excellent event.) [2] The worlds first electric motor composed of a single molecule was created by researchers at Tufts University in Massachusetts. (Previous single molecule motors were powered by chemical reactions or by light, rather than electricity.) The work is being published in the magazine Nature Nanotechnology. [3] Your host's six-month evaluation project of the telomerase activator TA-65 began on September 1, 2011 with a blood test to measure the strength of his and his co-participant's immune systems. The blood test is being performed by UCLA.

Ian Woolf summarises Robert Sparrow's talk "The Not-so-New Eugenics: The Harsh Logic of human enhancement", about the ethics of child enhancing technology, from the Singularity Summit, Australia, Victoria Bond interviews Dr Fisher from Nepean hospital about the ethics of psychiatrically detaining drug addicts, News by Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf - LHC makes antimatter - Bacterial glue heals buildings Presented by Phillipe Perez Produced by Ian Woolf, with technical support from Victoria Bond

Ian Woolf reports from the Singularity Summit on Gregory Benford's Genescient research into preventing the diseases of old age using genomics and artifical intelligence to produce nutraceuticals that may allow a healthy old age, with discussion from Marc West and Charles Willock. News by Marc West, Ian Woolf, and Charles Willock - Gummi bear finger-print hack - weeds out-evolve Monsanto - Chatbot argues with climate deniers on twitter Presented by Marc West, Produced by Ian Woolf

On this edition of Diffusion, Ian Woolf brings back grim tidings from the Singularity Summit in Melbourne, Australia. Newly uncle'd Lachlan Whatmore delves into the evolutionary marvel that are amniotic eggs. Hosted, paneled, and produced by Victoria Bond, with support from Patrick Rubie.

One Less Year Between the Singularity Summit and the Singularity Itself

Andrew Hessel (biologist, author and co-founder of the Pink Army Cooperative) is today's featured guest.Topics: how new drugs have been developed during the last few decades; why these processes cost so much; and how it may be possible to use open source techniques to develop new drugs faster, cheaper, better, and targeted for patients individually. This is the focus of the Pink Army Cooperative.Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the December 9, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 23 minutes] (This interview was recorded on October 4, 2009 at the Singularity Summit in New York City.)Andrew Hessel, is a consulting biologist and author interested in synthetic biology and open source biology. He advocates the use of open source for writing DNA code. In software development, open source has led to robust code, highly skilled developer communities, and non-monopolistic pricing — in other words, good things for end users. If the same results can be achieved in genome engineering, open source could potentially create a more diversified and sustainable biotechnology industry.He earned his MSc. in bacterial genomics from the University of Calgary in 1995. He joined the Amgen Institute, a 120 person research facility located in Toronto, Canada, where he facilitated dozens of advanced research projects involving microarrays, genetic sequence analysis, and data mining. Today, the Institute, no longer affiliated with Amgen, is known as the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research. In 2002, he cofounded Miikana Therapeutics and helped create the virtual business model they successfully used. Miikana was sold to Entremed in December, 2005 for $21 million plus milestones.Since 2003, he has worked to raise awareness about the potential benefits of synthetic biology and open source biology. His efforts have been supported by the University of Oklahoma, the University of Toronto, MIT, and most recently, the Alberta Ingenuity Fund. His ongoing goal is to help create an open source biotechnology company that specializes in individually personalized cancer therapeutics.

Aaron Franz and Carlos A. Mejia (a documentary film-making team) are today's featured guests. Aaron and Carlos are anti-transhumanism activists who have joined forces to create a documentary explaining the potential negative effects of transhumanism on the future of civilization in general, and on our individual lives in particular. Topics: Artificial Intelligence and The Singularity, Human Augmentation (especially the augmentation of connecting the Internet directly to the human mind), and their worry that we may have already gone too far. They also describe their documentary and their production company: TransAlchemy.com. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the December 2, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 29 minutes] (This interview was recorded on October 3, 2009 at the Singularity Summit in New York City.)  

Doctor Gregory L. Matloff, C Bangs and Keith Comito are today's featured guests. Doctor Gregory L. Matloff is an astronomer, author and professor; C Bangs is a professional artist and author; and Keith Comito is a mathematician, programmer and founder of OmegaSoft  which produces games and apps for the iPhone. Topics: The future in general but also, extending human longevity, artificial intelligence, the Singularity, augmenting the human body and mind, the Fermi paradox, iPhone apps (such as Orbus which mimics an AI), and Michelle Phan who has become a celebrity on YouTube for her makeup tutorials. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the November 25, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 26 minutes] (These  interviews were recorded on October 3 and 4, 2009 at the Singularity Summit in New York City.) Michelle Phan (BTW) has also posted helpful and clever tutorial videos on things that have nothing to do with makeup, such as how to use a black tee shirt to become a ninja in only 30 seconds, and how to stretch shoes that are too tight by placing Ziploc bags in them that are half-filled with water and putting them in the freezer overnight. Brilliant stuff.  

Peter Nygard (the internationally famous fashion designer) is today's featured guest. Topics: how technology has transformed the fashion industry; and the pivotal role he played in the beginning and final negotiation of NAFTA. Also, as I interviewed him, my assistant Peggy Gregory noticed that his leather jacket bore the seal of the president of the United States of America. Asking about this, he explained that President Bush Senior--while visiting him on his island--took it off and gave it to him in return for one of his designer T-Shirts. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the November 18, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 26 minutes] (This interview was recorded on October 4, 2009 at the Singularity Summit in New York City.) Peter Nygard is a fashion designer who's clothing, accessories, and home fashions can be found in Sears, Dillard's and countless other well known stores around the world. Enjoying a long and prosperous career, he owns a private island in the Bahamas called Nygard Key where he built a resort style mansion with a staff of 20, and owns a 133 feet long 727 as his private jet. He is friend to presidents, prime ministers, and celebrities of every media--TV, movies, music and print. This episode is dedicated with special thanks to Greta Blackburn (an actress who appeared in many TV shows in the 80s and 90s such as Three's Company and Dynasty, and several movies such as 48 Hrs and Yellowbeard, as well as the original version of the mini-series V). While I was busy interviewing futurists, Greta introduced my assistant Peggy to several noteworthy people we would have otherwise missed. One was Noel Patton of T.A. Sciences and another was today's guest, her friend, Peter Nygard. Greta was so modest that (though I kept thinking she looked familiar) I had no idea of her fame until I got home and looked her up online. If I had realized I would have asked her for an interview too.  

Ari Kiirikki, Vice President of Knome Inc. (the world's leading provider of personal DNA sequencing) is today's featured guest. Topics: how you can have your entire DNA sequenced; the rate at which this expensive procedure is growing in popularity; how soon it will drop below $1000 (and may even reach $100); the new diagnostic powers general practitioners will gain using personalized DNA sequencing; cases in which the accidental discovery of extreme human genotypes have produced new drug therapies; why this technology will make the discovery of these extreme human genotypes far more common by making them far less random; speculation on ways widespread personal DNA sequencing might change online dating services; and how Knome Inc. is working to make personal DNA sequencing increasingly affordable and yet keep this data in the hands of the person whose DNA it is, and not in any database anywhere. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the November 11, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 20 minutes] (This interview was recorded on October 4, 2009 at the Singularity Summit in New York City.)  

Noel Patton (founder of T.A. Sciences) is today's featured guest. Topic: A product available today which may extend human lives well beyond traditional limits. Specifically what this product is, how it functions within living cells, and some of the scientific and medical research verifying its effectiveness. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the November 4, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 23 minutes] (This interview was recorded on October 4, 2009 at the Singularity Summit in New York City.) The product is called TA-65™ and is an enzyme (a single molecule) that activates telomerase. Discovered in 2001 by the California bio-tech company Geron, in 2002 it was licensed by T.A. Sciences. Telemerase reverses the normal loss of telemeres which occurs each time cells divide throughout a human life and which sets a limit (called the Hayflick limit) on the number of times human body cells can divide, and consequently how long a human can live.  

Eliezer Yudkowsky (co-founder and research fellow of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence) is today's featured guest. Topics: the Singularity and the creation of Friendly AI; his estimate of the probability of success in making a Friendly AI; and why achieving AI using evolutionary software might be monumentally dangerous. He also talks about human rationality, such as: the percentage of humans today who can be considered rational; his own efforts to increase that number; how the listener can seek the path to greater rationality in his or her own thinking; the benefits of greater rationality; and the amount of success that can be expected in this pursuit. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the October 28, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 30 minutes] (This interview was recorded on October 4, 2009 at the Singularity Summit in New York City.) Eliezer Yudkowsky is an artificial intelligence researcher concerned with the Singularity, and an advocate of Friendly Artificial Intelligence. He is the author of The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence publications Creating Friendly AI (2001) and Levels of Organization in General Intelligence (2002). His most recent academic contributions include two chapters in Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom's edited volume Global Catastrophic Risks. Aside from research, he is also notable for his explanations of technical subjects in non-academic language, particularly on rationality, such as his article An Intuitive Explanation of Bayesian Reasoning. Also, along with Robin Hanson, he was one of the principal contributors to the blog Overcoming Bias sponsored by the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. In early 2009, he helped to found LessWrong.com, a community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality.  

Michael Vassar and Michael Anissimov are today's featured guests. (Both are interviewed in their capacity as organizers of the Singularity Summit 2009 held earlier this month in New York City.) Topics: the Singularity and artificial intelligence in general, and this year's Singularity Summit conference in particular. Also: the limits of human reasoning, public resistance to the Singularity, and trends within the transhumanist community. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the October 21, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 27 minutes] Michael Vassar is President of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence and is responsible for the organization of the Singularity Summit. He has held positions with the Peace Corps and with the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He writes and speaks on topics relating to the safe development of disruptive technologies. His papers include the Lifeboat Foundation analysis of the risks of advanced molecular manufacturing (which he co-authored with Robert Freitas) and Corporate Cornucopia, which he authored for the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology Task Force. He holds an M.B.A. from Drexel University and a B.S. in biochemistry from Penn State. Michael Anissimov writes and speaks on futurist issues, especially the relationships between accelerating change, nanotechnology, existential risk, transhumanism and the Singularity. His blog Accelerating Future has had over 4 million visits. He co-founded the non-profit Immortality Institute, the first organization focused on the abolition of nonconsensual death. He has worked or volunteered for, the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, The Methuselah Foundation, The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, and the Lifeboat Foundation. He has given talks to audiences at technology and philosophy conferences in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and at Yale University. A leading voice on the technological Singularity, he was quoted multiple times in Ray Kurzweil's 2005 book The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. He was profiled in the May 2007 issue of Psychology Today.Michael Anissimov was the featured guest in The Future And You episode for the week of March 5, 2008. That episode (like all past episodes) is still available for your listening pleasure.  

Gregory Benford and Aubrey de Grey (who both spoke at the Singularity Summit held earlier this month in New York City) are interviewed, as well as two attendees of this singular event which is so intently focused on the future. Topics: the Singularity and artificial intelligence in general, and this year's Singularity Summit conference in particular. (The goal of this episode, in addition to being informative, is to provide a little of the convention's feel and mood--and if possible--it's energy.) Other related topics include life extension and mind uploading. Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the October 14, 2009 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 25 minutes] Doctor Gregory Benford is a Nebula award winning science fiction author. He has a doctorate in astrophysics, and is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California.  Doctor Aubrey de Grey is a medical doctor known for his work in promoting human life extension. He is an author and theoretician in the field of gerontology, and the Chief Science Officer of the Methuselah Foundation. He has been interviewed by 60 Minutes, the BBC, the New York Times, Fortune Magazine, the Washington Post, TED, Popular Science--even by Stephen Colbert for his comedy show The Colbert Report. News Items include my activities at the Singularity Summit, such as people I met, talked with, ate with, and had ice cream with. The short version is that I had a lot of fun and met a lot of cool and exciting people, the long version contains considerably more detail.  

"Science Fiction is a really nice way of uncovering the tacit desires for tomorrow...."

"The last fifty years of artificial intelligence research has been very fruitful"

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From the Singularity Summit 2007